The queen of R&B just launched her evocative and intriguing visual album, Lemonade, and the Beyhive (that’s what her most ardent fans call themselves) is buzzing. A compelling mash-up of new music, childhood videos and haunting images, Beyoncé’s new album is speculated to be about her husband, hip-hop mogul Jay-Z, cheating on her with other women including celebrities like Rihanna.
But despite the evident pain, heartbreak and even anger in the music and lyrics, one underlying theme runs through it all – her strength as a woman.
Here are seven times Beyonce has inspired us with her lyrics of female empowerment:
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“Don’t treat me to these things of the world
I’m not that kind of girl
Your love is what I prefer, what I deserve
Is a man that makes me then takes me
And delivers me to a destiny, to infinity and beyond”
– Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
“I’m more than what you’ve made of me
I followed the voice you think you gave to me
But now I gotta find my own”
– Listen (from the motion picture Dreamgirls)
“Ya, you hurt me
But I learned a lot along the way
After all the rain
You’ll see the sun come out again
I know that I will never disappoint myself”
– Me, Myself & I
“I am the dragon breathing fire
Beautiful man I’m the lion
Beautiful man I know you’re lying
I am not broken”
– Don’t Hurt Yourself
“She too smart to crave material things
She grinds from Monday to Friday
Works from Friday to Sunday
Oh stars in her eyes
She fights and she sweats those sleepless nights”
– 6 Inch
“It took a while, now I understand just where I’m going
I know the world and I know who I am
It’s ’bout time I show it.”
– Grown Woman
“Who run the world? Girls!”
– Run The World (Girls)
Photo: @Beyonce on Instagram
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